POLICE

Police

A police force is a constituted body of persons empowered by the state to enforce the law, protect property, and limit civil disorder. Their powers include the legitimized use of force. The term is most commonly associated with police services of a state that are authorized to exercise the police power of that state within a defined legal or territorial area of responsibility. Police forces are often defined as being separate from military or other organizations involved in the defense of the state against foreign aggressors; however, gendarmerie are military units charged with civil policing.

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police

Noun

  1. A civil force granted the legal authority to enforce the law and maintain public order.
  2. A police officer.
  3. Policy.
  4. Communal living; civilization.
  5. The regulation of a given community or society; administration, law and order etc.

Verb

  1. To enforce the law and keep order among (a group).
  2. To patrol an area.


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